This scorecard DID NOT rate any legislator. It only rated bills. The legislators just receive a grade based on the score the legislation received. Every bill is rated based on the Idaho Republican Party platform and nothing else. Bills were given a +1 if it aligned with the GOP Platform as a whole, a neutral if it had conflicting parts or if it neither aligned nor went against the platform, or a -1 if it went against the platform.
One thing we noticed as the session got closer to the end, is scores went down pretty drastically. It seemed like the spending bills really did many legislators in. Check out the platform. It is not against spending, but it's against wasteful and unnecessary spending.
Another interesting note is that the top people on this scorecard seem to be similar to the top on the Idaho Freedom Foundation's scorecard.
Check out your own legislators and let us know how they did.
Color coding: Red - A+ to B- Purple - C+ to C- Blue - D+ to F |